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Thursday, May 16, 2013  Bedford School officials have finalized plans to lay off more than a dozen workers before the start of the next school year.

Tuesday, May 14, 2013  Pentagon poised to trim number of civilian furlough days, expand pool of exempt workers

Friday, April 05, 2013  Official: Obama's budget proposes cuts to Social Security in attempt to compromise with GOP

Friday, March 29, 2013  Next school year, the staff at Owens Community College will be smaller. It's part of the schools plan to fill a huge budget deficit.

Tuesday, March 12, 2013  In Wauseon, school district leaders approved $375,000 in budget cuts in a vote of 5 to 0.

Thursday, March 07, 2013  It's now official, the Bedford School Board voted Thursday night to close Temperance Road Elementary School.

Thursday, March 07, 2013  Efforts to avoid government shutdown move to Senate as Obama seeks talks on bigger budget deal

Tuesday, February 19, 2013  President Barack Obama is warning that "people will lose their jobs" if across-the-board budget cuts take effect as scheduled next week.

Wednesday, January 30, 2013 

Tuesday, January 22, 2013  Obama and his aides approached the inaugural speech with a belief that the president had replenished his political strength with his re-election and with his end-of-year deal with Republicans that raised upper-income tax rates on some of the wealthiest Americans.

Thursday, January 17, 2013  Some students oppose adding more students to classrooms

Thursday, January 10, 2013  Erskine Bowles, co-chairman of the U.S. deficit commission, calls failure to agree on a plan to reduce the national debt "the most disappointing thing in my life."

Friday, December 21, 2012  Thursday's drama was a major personal defeat for House Speaker John Boehner.

Thursday, December 20, 2012  If Congress and the White House don't reach an agreement, taxes would go up for nearly every American family as part of the year-end "fiscal cliff."

Thursday, December 13, 2012  Republicans still aren't budging on Obama's demands for higher tax rates on upper bracket earners, despite the president's convincing election victory and opinion polls showing support for the idea.